LH: Key Statistics for LAB CRP OF AMER

Market Cap (intraday):	5.47B
Enterprise Value (16-Aug-04)³:	6.10B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):	16.17
Forward P/E (fye 31-Dec-05)¹:	13.85
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)¹:	1.07
Price/Sales (ttm):	1.79
Price/Book (mrq):	2.81
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)³:	2.02
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)³:	9.92

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:	31-Dec
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):	30-Jun-04

Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):	11.47%
Operating Margin (ttm):	19.02%

Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):	10.16%
Return on Equity (ttm):	18.66%

Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):	3.02B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):	21.119
Revenue Growth (lfy)³:	17.20%
Gross Profit (ttm)²:	1.22B
EBITDA (ttm):	615.00M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):	346.30M
Diluted EPS (ttm):	2.424
Earnings Growth (lfy)³:	26.10%

Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):	182.20M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):	1.3
Total Debt (mrq)²:	888.10M
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):	0.462
Current Ratio (mrq):	0.909
Book Value Per Share (mrq):	13.774

Cash Flow Statement
From Operations (ttm)³:	576.90M
Free Cashflow (ttm)³:	489.30M

View Financials (provided by EDGAR Online):
Income Statement - Balance Sheet
Cash Flow

TRADING INFORMATION

Stock Price History
Beta:	0.174
52-Week Change:	23.21%
52-Week Change (relative to S&P500):	14.63%
52-Week High (11-Feb-04):	44.20
52-Week Low (26-Sep-03):	28.20
50-Day Moving Average:	39.94
200-Day Moving Average:	38.77

Share Statistics
Average Volume (3 month):	647,318
Average Volume (10 day):	608,000
Shares Outstanding:	139.65M
Float:	139.20M
% Held by Insiders:	0.32%
% Held by Institutions:	91.65%
Shares Short (as of 8-Jul-04):	2.86M
Daily Volume (as of 8-Jul-04):	N/A
Short Ratio (as of 8-Jul-04):	3.996
Short % of Float (as of 8-Jul-04):	2.05%
Shares Short (prior month):	3.29M

Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend:	N/A
Dividend Yield:	0.00%
Dividend Date:	10-May-02
Ex-Dividend Date:	13-May-02
Last Split Factor (new per old)²:	2:1
Last Split Date:	13-May-02

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Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of 30-Jun-04)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of 30-Jun-04)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of 31-Dec-03)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
¹ = Data provided by Thomson; ² = Data provided by EDGAR Online;
³ = Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance